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is name was also spelled Traffenstate and Treffenstatt. Born 15 Dec 1811 and died 26 Jun 1878. William is the great-grand-child of Frederick Treffenstätt born in 1696 in Kraftsolms, Lahn Dill Kreis, Hessen Stadt, Germany. The family roots follow Christian Treffenstatt immigrating to the US in 1753